A thought for us all

[Guest guest]

A few weeks back, this poem was read in my church. We were

discussing transformation of spirit. I really captures what we are

all going through so I wanted to share it. It is also marks the

changing of seasons from Summer to Autumn.

On Turning

By Jack Reimer

Now is the time for turning.

The leaves are beginning to turn from green to red and orange.

The birds are beginning to turn and are heading once more toward the

South.

The animals are beginning to turn to sorting their food for the

winter.

For leaves, birds, and animals turning come instinctively.

But for us turning does not come so easily.

It takes an act of will for us to make a turn. It means breaking with

old habits.

It means admitting the we have been wrong; and this is never easy.

It means losing face; it means starting all over again; and this is

always painful.

It means saying: I am sorry.

It means recognizing that we have the ability to change. These

things are hard to do.

But unless we turn, we will be trapped forever in yesterday's ways.

God, help us to turn.

From callousness to sensitivity.

From hostility to love.

From pettiness to purpose.

From envy to contentment.

From carelessness to discipline.

From fear to faith.

Turn us around, O God, and bring us back toward you.

Revive our lives, as at the beginning.

And turn us toward each other, God, for in isolation there is no life.

Gemello

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